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Qingdao Chengzhi's 40,000-ton/year UHMWPE project accelerates construction!

High-performance resins and their applications 2025-04-01 11:17:03

Currently, the super high molecular weight polyethylene project of the new materials industrial park's first phase, invested and constructed by Qingdao Chengzhi Huqing Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chengzhi Co., Ltd., is accelerating construction in the Dongjiakou Chemical Industrial Park. As a thermoplastic engineering plastic with excellent comprehensive performance, the completion of this project will achieve the localization of super high molecular weight polyethylene products, breaking the long-term monopoly of foreign enterprises in the domestic market and overcoming the "bottleneck" problem of key technologies in China's new materials field.

At the project site, the civil foundation for the main structure of Phase I is nearly complete, and construction of the superstructure is underway. It is expected that by mid-April, the project will enter a dual-phase operation of completing civil works and equipment installation, with all milestones progressing steadily as planned. The project includes the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene project and public auxiliary works in the new materials industrial park, aiming to build a facility with an annual production capacity of 40,000 tons of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. The overall handover is expected to be completed by October 30 this year, and trial operations are scheduled to be completed by December 30.

Wang Jian, the General Manager of Qingdao Chengzhi Huaqing Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd., introduced: "Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has exceptionally excellent performance, particularly in terms of wear resistance. It has a wide range of applications in downstream fields, from wear-resistant pipes and plates in mining, to civilian fishing ropes, and even in aerospace and medical fields, making it highly versatile."

The rapid advancement of the project marks a solid step for Chengzhi Co., Ltd. in the field of high-end polyolefin new materials, while also further expanding the layout and development of the Dongjiakou Economic Zone in the high-end chemical and new materials industry chain. During the project's progression, the Dongjiakou Economic Zone Management Committee established a dedicated team to address the project's bottlenecks and challenges, from project approval and land acquisition to infrastructure support.

Wang Jian, General Manager of Qingdao Chengzhi Huaqing Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd., stated: "During the project construction, we received strong support from the local government and the Management Committee of Dongjiakou Economic Zone. From project signing and approval to land approval, as well as the issuance of planning permits and construction permits, all these tasks were supported by the local government. In particular, the Dongjiakou Economic Zone established a dedicated task force to address every issue we encountered during the construction process."

Qingdao Chengzhi Huaqing Chemical New Materials Project

On the morning of October 15, 2024, the开工仪式 for the 40,000 tons/year ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene project of Qingdao Chengzhihuaqing Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd. was held in Qingdao. It seems there is a part missing in the original Chinese text, specifically the term after "举行了". I've translated up to the available information. If you can provide the full sentence, I can translate it accurately.

The project is located in the Dongjiakou Economic Zone of the Qingdao West Coast New Area, with a total investment of nearly 5.4 billion yuan. It has been selected as a major project in Shandong Province for 2023. The first phase of the project plans to build a production line for 200,000 tons of polyolefin elastomer (POE) and a production line for 40,000 tons of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

——Progress of the 40,000-ton UHMWPE project

On August 30, 2022, Chengzhi Co., Ltd. issued an announcement regarding its subsidiary Qingdao Huaqing's investment in the construction of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene project. The project is located in the Dongjiakou Economic Zone of the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, Shandong Province, with an investment of approximately 800 million yuan. The construction includes a main plant with a capacity of 2×20,000 tons/year of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

From January 11 to 13, 2023, Qingdao Chengzhi Huaqing New Materials Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Chengzhi Huaqing"), Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Co., Ltd., and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "SIOC") jointly held the kick-off meeting for the process package and basic design of the "40,000-ton/year ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene plant" at the Qingdao Chengzhi Huaqing New Materials Industrial Park project in Qingdao, along with the signing ceremony for strategic cooperation and party-building collaboration.

——Progress of the 2×100,000 tons/year POE Project

On August 30, 2022, Chengzhi Co., Ltd. announced that it planned to invest in the construction of a POE (polyolefin elastomer) project for photovoltaic encapsulant films through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Qingdao Chengzhi Huaqing New Material Co., Ltd., in the Dongjiakou Economic Zone of Qingdao West Coast New Area. The production line capacity would be 2×100,000 tons/year, with an estimated investment of approximately 4 billion yuan.

On August 16, 2023, CH Integrity Industries announced the progress of signing a technical implementation license for the 2×10万吨/ year POE project and the investment in the POE project. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Qingdao CH Integrity Huaqing Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd. (referred to as "CH Integrity Huaqing"), signed the "Technical Implementation License Contract" with Zhejiang Zhiying Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Zhejiang Zhiying Petrochemical"). Zhejiang Zhiying Petrochemical is responsible for providing mature 2×100,000 tons/year POE integrated technology process packages.

The main content of the contract: Party B licenses Party A to use the patent, proprietary technology, and related confidential information of the contract technology, and is responsible for providing a mature 2×100,000 tons/year POE complete technology package, providing technical materials such as process manuals, analysis manuals, technical training, and technical services for the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of the contract plant, and providing process performance guarantees, including contract guarantee values for raw material and utility consumption, product quality, and production capacity.

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Qingdao Chengzhi's 40,000-ton/year UHMWPE project accelerates construction!

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